Most popular boys’ names in Washington, 1997

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jacob	714
2	Michael	649
3	Austin	611
4	Andrew	553
5	Joshua	511
6	Tyler	509
7	Alexander	496
8	Matthew	469
9	Daniel	468
10	Nicholas	460
11	Brandon	441
12	Kyle	432
13	Ryan	423
14	Christopher	421
14	Joseph	421
16	David	413
17	Zachary	398
18	Jordan	341
18	William	341
20	Justin	340
21	Samuel	339
22	Anthony	326
23	Benjamin	316
24	James	309
25	Nathan	283

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jonathan	281
27	John	280
28	Dylan	265
29	Christian	256
30	Aaron	250
31	Connor	247
32	Cody	240
33	Robert	226
34	Thomas	205
35	Cameron	202
35	Noah	202
37	Kevin	201
38	Logan	194
39	Jose	189
40	Tanner	188
41	Ethan	185
42	Hunter	182
43	Alex	174
44	Chase	172
45	Eric	171
45	Ian	171
47	Jason	164
48	Isaac	160
49	Cole	159
49	Taylor	159
51	Jared	158
51	Nathaniel	158
53	Riley	157
54	Jesse	156
55	Caleb	155
56	Blake	152
56	Gabriel	152
56	Tristan	152
59	Timothy	151
60	Isaiah	147
61	Elijah	146
62	Evan	145
63	Brian	142
64	Trevor	138
65	Sean	137
66	Adam	136
67	Spencer	135
68	Jack	127
68	Steven	127
70	Patrick	122
71	Colton	121
72	Dakota	120
73	Richard	118
74	Charles	117
75	Garrett	113
76	Juan	107
77	Devin	105
78	Mitchell	104
79	Mason	103
79	Wyatt	103
81	Luke	102
82	Lucas	101
83	Bailey	99
83	Bryce	99
83	Travis	99
86	Bradley	97
87	Paul	95
88	Derek	93
89	Jesus	92
90	Gavin	90
90	Levi	90
90	Luis	90
93	Jeremy	89
93	Seth	89
95	Carlos	87
96	Antonio	86
97	Jackson	85
98	Conner	84
99	Marcus	82
100	Erik	80